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It often used in the sense of "to influence" or "to affect," similar to 

to reach, to extend to, to affect, to touch

The character 隶 is a phono-semantic compound composed of the hand radical 

again, and, also

tail, extremity, to copulate

 (tail), symbolizing the act of "grabbing the tail."

When used as a semantic radical, it does not convey any specific meaning related to a particular field. When used as a phonetic component (음부), it can have pronunciations such as "이" (i), "체" (che), or "태" (tae).
For meanings related to "being mentally affected" or "crazy," other characters like 

mad, wild, unrestrained, violent

 (광, meaning "mad" or "crazy") and 猖 (창, meaning "rampant" or "frenzied") are used instead.

#163 — town, district

#164 — chicken, rooster

#165 — to distinguish, to separate, to discriminate

#166 — village, hometown, neighbor

#167 — metal, iron, gold, amount of money

#168 — long, leader, chief, master, person in authority, adult, to grow

#169 — gate, door, gateway, portal

#170 — hill

#171 — to reach, to extend to

#172 — tailed bird

#173 — rain

#174 — blue, azure, green, young, calm, serene

#175 — not, non-

#176 — face, countenance, side, aspect

#177 — leather, animal hide

#178 — leather, tanned leather

#179 — chive, garlic chives

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隶

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Usage in Korean

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